# Apache+fcgi is out, apache+mongrel is in **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [October 26, 2007, 10:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-fcgi-is-out-apache-mongrel-is-in/118381 "2007-10-26T10:57:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mgreenly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@mgreenly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mgreenly)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 10:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-fcgi-is-out-apache-mongrel-is-in/118381/1 "2007-10-26T10:57:09Z")
I’m switching from apache fcgi (which actually corrupts my server’s memory, which causes some interesting results… none good) to apache - mongrel\_cluster. I have this in my apache config file: \ BalancerMember [http://127.0.0.1:10000](http://127.0.0.1:10000) BalancerMember [http://127.0.0.1:10001](http://127.0.0.1:10001) BalancerMember [http://127.0.0.1:10002](http://127.0.0.1:10002) DocumentRoot /www/eq2guild/guildcorner/current/public \ Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None Order allow,deny Allow from all ProxyPass / balancer://guildcorner/ ProxyPassReverse / balancer://guildcorner/ Now, [http://blog.flame.org/welcome](http://blog.flame.org/welcome) works and is served by rails. However, there are two problems with this that I can see. One, I’d like Apache to serve the static content if at all possible. Why bother mongrel with that stuff? And two – [http://blog.flame.org/](http://blog.flame.org/) does not work. At all. It seems that it’s being handled by the upper layer in fact – by a completely different virtual host (the “default” one.) The second point is more serious, since I could make this configuration go live without the optimization of apache serving the static files. Any suggestions? Google shows me about 100 different ways to do the same things, some a few lines shorter, most a lot longer. None work as well as what I have now. –Michael ---
**Author:** ![mgreenly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@mgreenly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mgreenly)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 11:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-fcgi-is-out-apache-mongrel-is-in/118381/2 "2007-10-26T11:41:01Z")
On 26 Oct 2007, at 09:56, Michael G. wrote: > Now, [http://blog.flame.org/welcome](http://blog.flame.org/welcome) works and is served by rails. > However, there are two problems with this that I can see. One, I’d > like Apache to serve the static content if at all possible. Why > bother mongrel with that stuff? We do RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT\_ROOT}/%{REQUEST\_FILENAME} !-f RewriteRule ^/(.\*)$ balancer://foo\_cluster%{REQUEST\_URI} [P,QSA,L] The condition is basically 'if the url doesn’t correspond to an actual file, then proxy through to foo\_cluster. > And two – [http://blog.flame.org/](http://blog.flame.org/) does not work. At all. It seems > that it’s being handled by the upper layer in fact – by a completely > different virtual host (the “default” one.) I don’t why that’s not working. our configs look like \ ServerName [foo.texperts.com](http://foo.texperts.com) … Fred ---
**Author:** ![mgreenly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@mgreenly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mgreenly)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 4:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-fcgi-is-out-apache-mongrel-is-in/118381/3 "2007-10-26T16:22:37Z")
I’m doing the same thing as Frederick on the caching issue. > And two – [http://blog.flame.org/](http://blog.flame.org/) does not work. At all. It seems > that it’s being handled by the upper layer in fact – by a completely > different virtual host (the “default” one.) Not sure what the problem is but here is a config from working apache2.2 with mongrel and mod\_proxy\_balancer. \ DocumentRoot /var/www/html/randomutterings/ ServerName [randomutterings.com](http://randomutterings.com) ServerAlias [www.randomutterings.com](http://www.randomutterings.com) EnableMMAP off EnableSendfile off RewriteEngine On # Rewrite index to check for static RewriteRule ^/$ /index.html [QSA] # Rewrite to check for Rails cached page RewriteRule ^([^.]+)$ $1.html [QSA] # Redirect all non-static requests to cluster RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT\_ROOT}/%{REQUEST\_FILENAME} !-f RewriteRule ^/(.\*)$ balancer://mongrel\_cluster%{REQUEST\_URI} [P,QSA,L] SetEnv force-proxy-request-1.0 1 SetEnv proxy-nokeepalive 1 \ BalancerMember [http://192.168.1.87:8030](http://192.168.1.87:8030) BalancerMember [http://192.168.1.87:8031](http://192.168.1.87:8031) BalancerMember [http://192.168.1.87:8032](http://192.168.1.87:8032) BalancerMember [http://192.168.1.87:8033](http://192.168.1.87:8033) BalancerMember [http://192.168.1.87:8034](http://192.168.1.87:8034) BalancerMember [http://192.168.1.87:8035](http://192.168.1.87:8035) On Oct 26, 5:40 am, Frederick C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)